Proposed grading system for subglottic stenosis based on endotracheal tube sizes

Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 319-323

  Myer, Charles M ^a,b   O'connor, David M ^a   Cotton, Robin T ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

airway obstruction; endotracheal tube; glottis; laryngeal stenosis; subglottic stenosis

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; LARYNX STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBGLOTTIC STENOSIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSTENOSIS;

EID: 0028210312     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: 19433572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949410300410     Document Type: Article

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